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Empire of paine is a deeply researched and incredibly engaging tale of the sackler family, which owned purdu farmer. The statistics behind the opiod crisis in America are hard to compute. Over two million americans suffer from opioid diction. And about half a million over those deaths happened over those couple of decades involving an opioids. We hope you enjoy it. You're listening to intelligence squared.

How did one family become associated with an epidemic of drug addiction that has caused the death of almost half a million people? In this episode, award-winning writer and author of Empire of Pain, Patrick Radden Keefe speaks to Hannah Kuchler, the FT’s global pharmaceutical correspondent about how he uncovered fresh material on the Sacklers and discovered a modern parable of greed, corruption and cynical philanthropy. To buy the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/empire-of-pain-the-secret-history-of-the-sackler-dynasty-patrick-keefe-subscribers/

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